Sandy Hook parents' lawyer to jury weighing punitive damages in Alex Jones trial: 'Take him out'

• The lawyer for the Sandy Hook parents told the jury to take him out.

• The attorney said that Alex Jones is patient with our society's inability to speak without lying.

• The jury is considering damages against Jones.

"Get him out of here"

That's what a lawyer for two Sandy Hook parents asked a Texas jury to do on Friday, as they consider whether to award monetary damages to Alex Jones.

"Make sure he doesn't do it again by taking him out of the discourse of this misinformation, of this peddling of lies and make sure he doesn't do it again," Ball said during his closing arguments.

He asked that you take Alex Jones' platform away and make sure he won't rebuild it. It's punishment. Deterrence is what that is.

The parents of Jesse Lewis, one of the 26 people killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, were awarded $4.1 million in damages by a jury.

Lawyers for the parents want the jury to force Jones to pay $150 million in total damages, which is the same amount they requested at the beginning of the trial.

Ball told the jury that Alex Jones is patient for our society's inability to speak without lies. He doesn't care for alternative facts.

Ball hopes that with your verdict he can go away.

Jones and his company were sued by Heslin and Lewis for defamation.

Jones was found liable by default by the Texas court for his depiction of the rampage, which was the worst school shooting in American history.

Ball told the jury that though he is "incredibly grateful" they already awarded $4.1 million to his clients because it is a sum that will change their lives forever.

Ball said that the verdict doesn't punish and it doesn't deter in any way.

The combined net worth of Jones and his media company is between $135 million and $270 million, according to a forensic economist testifying in the case.

Ball told the jury that the contents of Jones' cell phone were accidentally sent to opposing counsel and contained a message from Jones saying that he made $4 million in one week.

Ball said that everything Jones said on the witness stand was a lie. He lies when he's breathing.

The jury was asked to return a verdict that was "fair and proportional" by Jones' lawyer.

The jury was told that they had sent a message. You sent a message to every talk show host that their standard of care has to be different.

The jury is currently considering the matter.

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